Marina Bay with Suntec City and National Stadium and Kallang in the background.

10/07/2012

Malaysian hospitality

I literally enjoyed a day of Malaysian hospitality
yesterday. That’s the reason why I did not post anything. Woke up at 5.30am to have golf at Horizon Hills. The new
maze of flyovers and viaducts still posed a serious problem to unwary drivers. My
partner driver has driven in many many times and still can get lost quite
easily.

I was aiming for Jalan Tun Razak, that means trying to get
back to town instead of heading to KL. We missed a lane and the next familiar
turn was Permas Jaya. We took it and fortunately I am quite familiar with that
area, made a U turn towards the coastal road along Bukit Serene and was on our
way to the Club.

Fine day for golf with bright sunny sun. On the 6th
hole after making a decent drive I was tripped by the tee box marker. Some
jokers thought it was a great idea to carve the alphabet H to be unique, HH
equal Horizon Hills. Nice. But it was too big and high, and being blue did not
stand out from the green grass.

I stumbled, couldn’t control myself and smashed my face
against the hard buggy track. There was a 5cm deep cut on my forehead and that
was the end of my game. I ended at a nearby hospital, brand new, medium size
and with the name of Columbia Hospital.
Nice thought, sounding very American in bumi country. Indeed it was an American
chain of hospitals.

What surprised me was the staff. All Malaysians, no pinoys,
PRCs, Indians or Myanmese. There was a Dr Soh, a senior nurse Ms Lim, a staff
nurse by name of Jawady or something like that, another Indian staff nurse and
many local female Malays nurses. The uniform was smart and probably by a good
designer. And they were first class in their attentiveness, politeness and very
professional. And they work very well as a team, very friendly among themselves
and to the patients.

There were quite a number of patients but they don’t seem to
be queuing for several hours like here. And the number of hospital staff,
especially the nurses, was clearly sufficient to do an efficient task.

The hospital is entering its third year and the equipment
was brand new and modern. I was taken into the surgery theatre, spanking clean
and modern. And that was after all the checks and X-ray, and everything was
over in about 3 hours with 14 stitches to close my wounds.

With this kind of service, the club is paying for the bills
and I never ask, they will pose a serious alternative to the atrociously
expensive hospitals we have here. The service quality is as good and you can
feel that they are looking after you with tender care.

The other big surprise, far away from the politicians, is
that the people work harmoniously despite all the hype about racism in the
country. Get rid of politics and the politicians, the people will not be
spending time bickering against each other on stupid political issues. There
was not the slightest tension arising from race related staff.

The politicians should stay far far away from the economy
and industries and let the people run their own businesses and live their own
lives in peace, harmony and prosperity. The only thing they need to do is to
make the infrastructure efficient and easy for the people, and make sure the
place is crime free.

The Sinkies will have a good alternative in JB and not be
robbed in our hospitals.

"The future is driven by people who are young enough that they still want to change the world. They have the ideas, the venture financing, the technical acumen and the creativity to push us forward. Based on what I have seen, the old regime will still be arguing while the new one steamrolls over it. Sure, the old order has the money and the power, but it has run out of time, vision and drive. That edge goes to the youth."

If not because of injury on one's forehead outside SINgapore,one would not have a chance to see how competent is our neighbour and probably still think that they cannot compare to us .Sinkies should get some injuries oversea especially on their head in neighbouring countries to realise how competency is our neighbours and not think too highly of ourselves.Uncle,I wish you a speedy recovery.

The distortion in our economy is getting serious. We are attracting foreign companies here that think this is a cheap labour country. Maybe they have no choice since land/rental is so high as are other business cost. The local SMEs too are facing same problem and will find going forward difficult.

At the top everyone is acting like robbers. And the people other than being robbed, must contend with the high cost of living and very expensive housing.

Many cannot afford the high cost of living without high pay. It is like a rubber band being stretched at both ends.

Next time when you come over to Malaysia or Burma why dont you let me know first. We can tee off with many Singaporeans who are over here. Spend a few days even a plantation. We can talk abt photography.

Well the government is seriously running out of ideas how to grow the economy - smart governments grow industries to create jobs. Stupid governments just bring in alot of people and derive indirect taxes from them to fatten their coffers.

You have to decide which category the Singapore govt falls under. As for me, I have already voted with my slippers.

I dont see a future for even Singaporeans in Singapore any longer. If you are smart, get out now before its too late.

Last week a teenager asked me whether it was a good idea for him to apply for a government scholarship. I told him quite frankly, if all you want in life is an iron rice bowl, then go ahead. But if u really want to be your own man, then dont take anything from them - it aint worth it in the long run.

You are abolutely right. The future in Singapore is for the rich, where everything is within their reach, not for the average working Singaporeans, who must toil for their whole miserable life without respite, to pay for the basic necessities like housing, education and healthcare.

The housing policy in itself is going to come crashing down like a pack of cards one day, and Singaporeans will be left dumbstruck, holding all their retirement savings in the form of bricks and mortars, with their CPF savings really turned into dust.

There is no way to reverse this policy at this stage, without creating a disaster of bibilical proportions, so they are just letting it fester. The ones who commit the criminal acts will long be gone and will not live to see the damage done to our children and grandchildren.

It used to be the rich that are taking big loans to invest or whatever. We are now seeing every average Sinkies taking loans, and very big amount of loans just to have a roof over their heads. And this is all being designed by the govt. What prudence?

Many or if not all these debtors are wage earners. Taking a few hundred thousands or millions in loans, when the property crash comes, you can imagine how shocking it would be to them. And the numbers affected will make people go bonkers and the banks will go kaput.

Today we are seeing a little inklings of such scenarios happening when the main income earner loses his job or dies. The other half or the rest of the members of the families would just not be able to pay for the big debt.

"The Sinkies will have a good alternative in JB and not be robbed in our hospitals. " But first we need to get back our money. Right now. We even pay interest for borrowing from our own money (CPF). Uniquely Singapore. Actually, Uniquely PAP.

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